Allie Mancuso | Erin McDivitt | Brycen Howard

Allie Mancuso


Erin McDivitt


Brycen Howard




1. Why is it better to have only 2 choices at each step instead of more?- It's more specific if you only have two.
2. What problems did you encounter in using the dichotomous key? Be specific and discuss fully.-We ended up with the same answer for some of them because most of them were round in shape.
3. How did you resolve your problems in #2?- We went back over it and looked more carefully.
4. Do classification keys go from general to specific characteristics or from specific to general characteristics? Explain why.- General to specific because you have to narrow it down more towards the end than in the beginning.
5. What does the first and second part of the Latin name represent in the scientific name of the organism?- The last part of the scientific name goes with the name of the candy.
6. Research Carolus Linnaeus and his contribution to modern classification.- He focused on binomial nomenclature and taxonomy. He used a naming system for plants and animals in an ordered heirarchy using Latin as the base language.
7. What is a dichotomous key? (define)- is a tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world.
8. What is binomial nomenclature? (define)- The formal system of naming species.
9. Briefly describe how classification has changed before and after Linnaeus. Research Aristotle...- Aristotle classified animals by their location and plants according to their stems. Linnaeus classified organisms according to their form and structure using a seven-level hierarchial system. Linnaeus' system was much more accurate.
10. List the order of classification groups from Kingdom down to species.- Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.


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Daphnia
1. heterotroph
2. This protest can be found in water. They are between 0.2 and 5mm in length. They are called water fleas.
3. www.wikipedia.org

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Euglena
1. autotroph
2. This protest is a single-celled organism. They use flagellum as a method of locomotion.
3. www.wikipedia.org